The Sinking Feeling You Get When You Eat Magic Food

[bears-omnitrix.livejournal.com]

Welcome meatship crewmembers to the instrument of pure silly.

It had been a long period of waiting, but a prank was about to be issued after these dire dark times. As such, tables were set up around the WITCH Bus and other locations, unmanned stands where Lemonade and Brownies were available with the compliments of your friendly companions.

Do you dare risk chocolately goodness or sour-sweetness to discover it's dark delicious secrets?

(ooc: tag around, bug others and feel free to continue to madness. IC duration is about a day. Unless you deliberately take more with you. As a reminder, Lemonade brings you up ages to a good looking adultish level. Brownies turn you into kids. GO NUTS. Refer to the ooc post for details and ask questions there.)

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[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Free snacks? That's fantastic! Not that he hasn't been making tastier food for himself in the sensoriums, because as much as Tavros hates to complain, he was getting pretty tired of Stacy slop. It tastes okay, but the same thing, all the time?

So he's really happy to see someone's made brownies. This is gonna be so awesome. Nothing ad can possibly go wrong, can it?

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

OH WAIT, YES IT CAN. Hello, Meatshippers. Have your first look at an Alternian grub. The brownie bounces to the ground, since Tavros no longer has the hands to hold it.

"Hey, wh- ummm, what just... happened?" His voice is higher, almost chirpy. Oh, Tavros. What have you gotten yourself into this time.

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

A slightly out-of-breath voice came over the comm ring along with the sound of foot-steps, "Tavros! D-d-don' eat th-the f-free food!"

The voice was a lot higher, than it normally was. In fact, it didn't sound like Alex at all, but it was, and he was running towards Tavros. It was a good thing that they usually told each other where they were headed.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Huh?"

Tavros glances down in surprise and OH MY GOD WHAT JUST HAPPENED. He's... all tiny again. How is he supposed to move the chair like this? Luckily, the ring had remained in place and was now snug on one of his six appendages, so at least he could use that. He wasn't sure about the voice on the other end, but he sure recognized the stutter.

"Alex! I, um... well... the important thing to say is, first of all, that you're too late."

Slight pause.

"And, maybe, don't... be too surprised when you see me."

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

A slap is heard on the other side as Alex face palms. "I'll b-be there in a s-sec."

He had been on a walk with Alice, who has also shrunk quite a bit, when they had discovered the brownies, Alex couldn't resist, and a little piece would be a treat for Alice.

He wasn't sure what he expected when he saw Tavros, but he hadn't quite expected a bug. 'Well,' he thought, 'he did say that he pupated and grew limbs...' The sight still made he stop when he saw Tavros, catching his breath, but he couldn't help to laugh.

"T-Tavros... Y-you look..." He just laughed a bit again. Not that he really should have. He had lost a whole three feet of hight.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Hey..." Tavros bunches a little defensively in the seat of his wheelchair. "I'm still, me, okay? All trolls, um, start life as larvae. I think, I even told you that."

He's not as shocked by his appearance as others would be, once you got past the "OH GOD WHAT I'M SMALL AGAIN" that every brownie victim was having. But it sure does suck not having arms anymore, and he's still having a private moment of worry that Alex's laughter isn't helping. How the hell is he supposed to get around now?

[hack-rat.livejournal.com]

Alex sees the same issue and recovers from his laughter, walking over to the wheel chair. "I c-can push you, I g-guess. A-are you okay otherwise?"

He walks over and it soon becomes obvious that he can just see over the top of the wheel chair, if just barely. "B-besides, dude, I'd be laughing e-even if y-you were a mini version of n-normal you!"

"At least the brownie tasted good!"

replies will be sporadic; internet's down due to windstorms and phone tags are a pain :P

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

The thought of being a miniature version of himself the way humans are is admittedly pretty funny to Tavros, and he grins a little. Alex may have noticed by now that Tavros has always turned down offers to be pushed and gotten a bit upset by ruder crew members steering him out of their way. Not that he'd speak up or anything. But he dislikes other people messing with his chair.

But he nods this time and turns in the seat to face Alex. "Um, sure. I'm okay, except for being little again. ...are you? And, um, are you sure you can see?"

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara has spied you eating the brownie and shrinking to a grub Tavros. Likely its because she thought this was sort of a funny prank, so normally a big insect would have really bothered her. Instead, Tavros now has a fairly attractive older looking Katara descending down on you.

"Aww, you're so CUTE when you're a grub! I had no idea!"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Those huge odd brown and yellow eyes blink as a somehow familiar woman approaches. He scoots back slightly and stares up at her.

"Kuh-Katara?"

There's no mistaking that hairstyle. Or that friendly smile.

"Umm, thanks. You look, different."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Katara stops cuddling the bug-like version of Tavros long enough to set him down and talk.

"Yes, its me. I'm guessing that you ate the brownies huh? Well, I drank the lemonade. I'm thinking this is one of Negi's pills in food form. It should probably last a few hours."

She smothered another girlish giggle. "So..you're a grub?"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros is a bit surprised by the cuddles, but at least she reacted positively. After learning what human grubs infants looked like, he's just thankful no one's asked Stacy for a can of Raid.

"Who, who's Negi? Can they, um, fix us?"

Pause.

"And, yes. Alternian trolls, um, hatch from eggs, and look like this until we pupate."

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

"Negi is a wizard on the ship," Katara said, "and he lives on the bus. The food must have had his candy mixed in: that would make sense. And sorry for grabbing you like that, but I think you look adorable."

She smiled. "Trolls are interesting!"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros smiles back. Grownup Katara is taking some getting used to. It's just odd to see her girlish personality in an adult figure. "It's okay, uh, you don't have to apologize. It was nice, just, a little unexpected. Um, and, humans are interesting too, if they do stuff like make age-regression candies for fun."

A brief pause.

"Do you think, um, Negi can change us back?"

[boundlesslight.livejournal.com]

And little Starfire is floating upside down, eying it curiously. He looks just like Silkie! How cute!

"Hello! Oh, you are beautiful!"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Tavros tilts his head and looks curiously up at this new arrival. Oh, the girl from the sensoriums, the humanoid one with the funny speech. Not that his is much better, but anyway. He smiles uncertainly. Him? Beautiful? That was a first.

"Uh, thanks. So, um, I guess, you ate the brownies too?"

[boundlesslight.livejournal.com]

She giggles at him. "You are! Like a moth larva!"

The girl floated to the ground, fiddling with her rag-skirt.

"I did. Is anyone going to reverse the effect?"

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Um... thank you." He's flattered, really. Just mostly surprised right now. Nobody's ever thought he was much to look at before, and now that he's even less humanoid he was a bit worried for a moment.

"I, um, don't really know. I hope so. It looks like a lot of people, uh, fell for it."

[starbolts]

"It is unfortunate," she agrees, a small frown on her face, "but very interesting. It would not be so bothersome if I could fight," she sighed, frowning at her little body's limitations.

Tavros's, of course, were even worse. "Can you transport yourself?" she asked him. A larva would have some difficulty operating the wheelchair.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you can't, fight anymore? Why not?"

At her question, Tavros balks a little. Yeah, he's in some trouble right now. He'd been trying not to think about it.

"Umm... no," he finally confesses, "I need, uh, some arms, if I want to move the chair."

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

OH SHIT GIANT BUG-- wait. That voice was different, but the way it spoke.... and those horns.

"Tavros?"

Hey Tavros, have a shorter, younger version of that nice blonde lady you've been bonding with.

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

Also the wheelchair that he's curled up in. Not that it's much good to him right now, but it's a dead giveaway. He scoots to the edge of the seat and takes a closer look at the familiar girl addressing him.

"Fate? Uh... you too, huh?"

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

"Uh-huh..." Fate said, sighing a little. She was still so embarrassed that she got caught in this situation, but at least this was better than a certain someone squealing over her. "I can't believe I didn't think there was something suspicious about that setup."

[alterniantaurus.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, um, in retrospect, I don't know why I just, went ahead and ate strange food like that either."

Slight pause.

"But, other than that, uh, are you okay?"

[thunder-ace.livejournal.com]

"Yes, I'm fine. What about you, Tavros?"

Typical Fate. More concerned for her charges than for herself.